About RomanPunks
RomanPunks is a retrofuturistic, cyberpunk derivative world-building project inspired by fine art, history and the cryptopunk movement.
A total of 1,000 RomanPunk characters have been frozen in time and permanently minted on the Ethereum, WAX, Polygon and Algorand blockchains.
All images are drawn by hand by woman artist and co-founder, Cleopunktra, without the aid of AI or generative tools.
The basis for RomanPunk lore and backstories is exhaustively researched by history/sci-fi buff and co-founder, Punktavian.
RomanPunk characters are comprised of commoners and famous individuals based on Roman history, art history and pop culture.
Timeline
The project first came into existence through early minting on OpenSea, promoting on Twitter and building a Discord community through giveaways and engagement. The idea of a cyberpunk-derivative ‘RomanPunk’ theme was in our heads for years, but it was the success of the Cryptopunks that was the catalyst for project conception and launch.
After a hard working first 60 days spent building networks and attracting new collectors to RomanPunks, our community had begun to flourish and sales increased. We built a solid corps of collectors/fans and started offering utility through
